Japanese

Noun

隣国 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 隣國, hiragana りんごく, romaji ringoku, alternative reading りんこく, romaji rinkoku)

1. neighbouring country

Usage notes

The rinkoku reading is rare.

Hypernyms

• 他国 (たこく) ‎(takoku)

References

1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• “りんごく” in Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō